We have just released the results of our second annual Global Intranet Benchmarking Survey, which indicate a marked shift in the departmental ownership of intranets away from the IT departments into Marketing and Communications departments.

With more than 455 respondents globally, the survey is the most comprehensive evaluation of how companies communicate internally. This year’s survey has found that as companies grow to rely on their intranets for internal communication purposes there has been a shift in who manages the intranet. Click here to read more »

Results from our  second annual Intranet DASHBOARD (iD) Global Intranet Benchmarking Survey indicate that Australian businesses are reluctant to embrace social networking and Web 2.0 functionality in the workplace.

This year iD surveyed 455 intranet users globally to assess trends in internal communication, social networking and Web 2.0 use in the workplace. This commitment to research and development cements iD’s place as an innovative industry leader. Click here to read more »

*As seen on Human Resource Executive Online

Home, Sweet Home (Office)

Telecommuting can save on real-estate costs, reduce pollution and give workers the flexibility many of them need. So why are so many organizations still against it?

The pluses associated with telecommuting (increasingly called “telework”) include a reduction in pollution as well as bottom line benefits such as reduced office real-estate costs. Employees continue to clamor for telework, making it an effective recruiting and retention tool. In fact, a recent survey by Irving, Tex.-based software provider Intranet DASHBOARD found that 36 per cent of employees would prefer the option to telecommute over a pay rise. Click here to read more »

As more employees seek alternative work arrangements such as telecommuting, employers are struggling to balance the desire to accommodate employee requests with a severe lack of trust in their employees.

“Even so, the telecommuting trend is set to increase due to technology that enables people to perform their jobs outside of the office walls,” said Campbell Dobbin, CEO of Intranet DASHBOARD. “This ability offers employees a lot more flexibility in terms of how and where they work.” Click here to read more »

*As seen in The Age

Local company blogs lag according to Intranet Research

Three-quarters of Australian companies are interested in using social networking tools such as blogs and discussion forums to improve communication between their employees, according to a survey by software company Intranet DASHBOARD.

The survey of 386 respondents, 200 in Australia and the rest worldwide, found that just over half the Australian companies were interested in social networking tools but were not using them yet. Another 26 per cent had begun a trial or were using them. Click here to read more »

*As seen in Network World

Building an intranet is not for the faint-hearted. Being internal resources, intranets tend to evolve rapidly and reflect the changing focus that a line-of-business has as it iterates towards gathering and presenting the data and intelligence it needs online to function.

The result of this evolution is that the IT guys are going to need antidepressants due to the extra workload. That is, unless they have a tool kit that can provide an easily edited and managed framework.

Such a framework is what Intranet DASHBOARD (iD) is all about. Click here to read more »

*As seen in KM Review

As the popularity of social media increases ever more quickly, isn’t it about time your organization got on board? Here are some of the basics of using “web 2.0″ technology for your intranet with examples of organizations that are leading the way.

Intranet 2.0

The latest buzz word for advancing knowledge-sharing, is ‘SMIFing’ – social media inside the firewall. This refers to Web 2.0, or in this case, Intranet 2.0 paradigm shift which has been building for the past few years where collaboration and free speech reign, and users are encouraged to network and form the content of the site.

Tools such as, ‘Wiki’ and other knowledge base facilitators such as ‘frequently asked question’ lists, forums that include subscriber notifications, blogging, news and RSS aggregators. The beauty of these tools is that they give a voice to the ‘real’ people, as opposed to just management or the internal marketing professionals, demonstrating transparency and openness within the organization through two-way conversations. It also assists with networking, all those soft skills and benefits. On the internet front, tools such as MySpace have become so popular that even Rupert Murdoch deemed it important enough to spend $580m acquiring. Click here to read more »